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Obama:”Stimulas has done its job”

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:51:00 +0000

I only thought it was Joe Biden that gave us our daily dose of laughter, but this statement by Obama is hysterical. Obama actually stated with a straight face that “the stimulus has done its job”. Obama must think all Americans are idiots and they will continue to believe all of his fancy rhetoric is factual. He may have fooled millions during the campaign, but there is no way that can continue. The public has to catch on sooner or later. Let’s evaluate some facts about the 787 billion dollar stimulus plan passed by our socialistic government that had the supposed sole purpose of creating jobs:

Congress and Obama claimed the stimulus was needed to create and save jobs. They claimed that without the stimulus the economy would have an unemployment rate higher than 8%. Since the stimulus passed, the economy has lost over 2.5 million jobs and unemployment has jumped to 9.4%.

To date, about 10% of the stimulus money has been spent. According to Congress less than 25% of that money has gone to create jobs. Most of the money that has been spent has been used by the states to make payments for entitlement programs such as Medicaid and welfare.

Most congressional personnel did not read the stimulus legislation, had they read it they would have seen that only a small portion of the bill was simulative. The thousand and some odd page document was riddled with wasteful pork and pet projects. It was rushed hastily through congress without anyone questioning its contents. In fact, much of money from the bill is not due to hit the economy until 2011 or later. This was done purposely to ensure the economy recovers before the 2012 elections. Anyone with a small amount of commonsense could have seen that this legislation was nothing more than a complete waste of money.

The Democrats are claiming that the stimulus bill has saved over 150 thousand jobs to date. First, there is no real way to measure this statistic. Second, most of the job savings are suppose to be teachers and municipal employees. However, most communities nationwide have in fact laid off specialty teachers and have been consolidating classrooms. This is another fallacy created by the Obama administration to try to paint a better picture of their spending bills.

The Democrats and the White House are thinking about creating a second stimulus. This would be idiotic considering 90% of the money has not spent on the first stimulus. Besides, have we not spent and created enough debt for this current fiscal year? These morons are actually claiming that they “misread” or “underestimated” the severity of the current recession. These are the same alarmist politicians that used fear mongering tactics about the economy on the naïve and gullible public during the 2008 election cycle to win a solid majority in congress and the White House.

Keep in mind we have yet to see all the consequences of the stimulus package and the Obama spending spree. What do Americans have to look forward to in the near future? Let’s see: higher taxes, hyperinflation, a massive deficit, and the drastic decline in the value of the dollar. These are consequences of putting a small time community organizer in charge of running the entire United States.

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Where is ManBearPig?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:03:17 +0000

I have been combing the Central Rockies in Colorado and have yet to see the infamous ManBearPig. The rumor is since we have had a COLD spring and summer, ManBearPig may be hibernating longer this year.

Seriously, check out the below link to see clips of my favorite South Park episode that depicts Al Gore as a friend seeking alarmist in a global warming satire called ManBearPig:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGmf8L3-z0

While I am at it, I may as well let out a few global warming rants:

If the Democrats believe in global warming and think our seas are rising at an alarming rate, then why are they rebuilding New Orleans, a city that sits at an elevation of 10 feet below sea level?

Didn’t the global warming activist from the 70s say the world would end due to global warming by the year 2000?

Why aren’t cap and trade limits going to be imposed on the biggest individual hypocritical global warming alarmist that use an incredible amount of energy such as Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Edwards, and just about every Hollywood liberal?

I like to explain carbon emissions as being like the second law of thermodynamics and the law of entropy. Entropy is defined as a measure of the amount of energy unable to do work in a system or it can be described as a measure of disorder or inefficiencies of a system. For example, a heating or cooling system is never perfect, thus there is entropy or wasted energy. The law of entropy states that entropy in a system and thus in the universe is always rising and it never decreases. The same can be said for carbon emissions, they are always increasing in our air. After all, carbon emissions are the byproduct created from the inefficiencies of a system such as a car or energy plant. Therefore, if carbon emissions are always rising then it begs to reason for global warming to be true, there needs to be a direct correlation between global temperatures and carbon emissions. However, recent records indicate that global temperatures have decreased the past several years which is a direct violation to the theorem that global warming activist have been preaching. Thus, if global temperatures do not increase each year then carbon emissions cannot be the reason, right?

A good number of liberals believe in population quotas to limit the number carbon emitters in our world. They even believe in abortion which can be a form of population control. What is confusing about this is that liberal economic policies need large population increases to work over the long haul to sustain Medicare, Social Security, welfare, ObamaCare, and so forth. These are Ponzi scheme operations that can only work if there are growing populations that can be taxed to support the social programs. Ideally, Democrats need responsible tax paying individuals to support their chaotic social programs. So it is further confusing that their policies reward irresponsible individuals with entitlements and provides little incentive to help these people become responsible taxpayers. Go figure.

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Our Last Defense From Socialism

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:57:08 +0000

Since Democrats have a stranglehold on both the legislative and executive branches, there is very little conservatives and even concerned independents in Washington can do to stop the onslaught of legislation being pushed by Obama to support his socialistic agenda. Thus, the onus must fall on the individual states to block the federal government’s continual power grab. States have one weapon that our forefathers placed in the Constitution and it is the 10^th Amendment. Our forefathers where extremely smart and not only created checks and balances in the federal government, but also checks and balances between the state governments and the federal government. They visualized the United States being run as what they called a dual federalism society. Dual federalism means the country would be run by both state and federal governments with fairly equal powers. However, over the years the federal government has been gaining power at the expense of the states governments. In fact, the 10^th amendment may actually give the states more power than the federal government.

The 10^th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Ohio and Arizona are the first states to push legislation to block bills and policies being passed by the Obama administration. Arizona is in the process of passing legislation that will not allow the federal government to dictate health care mandates on their people. Also, Ohio is passing legislation to block the federal government’s mandates for cap and trade on its people.

If Ohio and Arizona are successful in passing this legislation it is almost a certainty that these policies will be challenged by the federal government. I would not be surprised if these cases are finally decided by the Supreme Court. I hope this is the case because I think the states will win since there is nothing in the Constitution that says the federal government has the right to dictate health care and cap and trade on the individual states. I am sure the federal government will claim both cap and trade and health care are essential for national security. I definitely think the states will win by at least a 5-4 margin and there will finally be a means to block the federal government’s socialistic agenda. If this happens, it will be a monumental win for all Americans to block the federal government’s continual grab for power.

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Obama’s Weekly Lowlights

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:51:52 +0000

Honduras Coup – Obama, Chavez, and Castro condemn the coup d’état in Honduras as illegal. The current Honduras President was trying to circumvent their Democracy to be a dictator like Chavez and Castro. Obama, who said he did not want to meddle in the Iranian Elections, but why he has no problem being a hypocrite when considering the Honduras political situation is a mystery. I really do not understand Obama’s continual inconsistent behavior. The man is an enigma especially considering the world would be a much better place if Amadinejad was ousted. The world would also be better without the ousted Honduran President.

Taxes – With Cap and Trade (The Global Warming Tax) through the House, all Americans will feel the pain of higher energy prices. And with Health Care around the corner, expect the President to tax our health care benefits. Remember, Obama claimed during his campaign that no one making fewer than 250K will have any tax increases. This will be yet another flip flop by our President.

Sotomayor – The Supreme Court overruled the Sonia Sotomayor ruling on the New Haven firefighter’s case. The Supreme Court made the right decision to narrowly overrule (5-4) Sotomayor’s racially empathic opinion and her legislative biases on the bench. However, this ruling will have very little effect on Sotomayor becoming a Supreme Court Justice. It may make her confirmation a little harder, but she will be confirmed. The good news is that this ruling may change how we view affirmative action in the country. The bad news is that Sotomayor should be the first of several empathic Justices that Obama will designate to the Supreme Court that will legislate and not rule on the law of the land. Frivolous lawsuits will be plenty when this happens. After all, anyone who thinks they are victim has a right to sue others. I guess this is just another way to spread the wealth under the Obama regime. The new U.S. model to generate wealth is through suing others and not actually through hard work and actually earning wealth. What a shame!

Global Warming Tax – Most reports cite the new Cap and Trade policy will not even stop our dependence on foreign oil. The reports indicate that companies that emit excess carbon emissions may purchase oil directly from the foreign source of their choice to avoid even further higher mark ups in the United States. It is pretty bad when one of the main objectives of the policy fails (less dependence on foreign oil), but it still costs everyone more.

Staged Town Hall Meeting – Many presidents have orchestrated staged meetings as a means to brainwash Americans with their propaganda. The real news here is that the Obama Administration’s staged meetings have been so obvious that even CBS and other liberal media outlets are complaining about it and questioning the administration’s honesty and transparency.

An Obama Third Term – I am hearing rumors about Obama amending the Constitution to do away with Presidential term limits. If this is true, Obama would be a true socialist dictator similar to Castro and Chavez. I would be surprised if Obama tried to pull this off.

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Why Palin Resigned

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:11:37 +0000

Once again the conspiracy theorists are hard at work trying to find out why Palin resigned. Why is it so hard to think that Sarah is telling the truth and resigned because she cannot afford to continually pay for the legal fees to fend off bogus and frivolous ethics violations? It is estimated that she has forked out nearly a half million to keep her name clean. The Palin family only earned 166 thousand last year. Hence, she certainly does not have the means and opportunity as many governors and Washington politicians to fight the good fight. Keep in mind, Palin has not been found guilty of doing anything illegal despite dozens of claims. This however, has not stopped the left from their onslaught to attack Sarah and her family. Most of the allegations against Palin have nothing to do with politics, but are personal. In fact, many are vicious attacks against her family. The ugly politics of the left has finally succeeded in taking down Palin. This unfortunately should be the end of her political career.

Even after Palin resigned it did not stop the DNC from chastising Palin claiming she turned her back on the Alaska people only because she is incapable of handling the heat of doing her job. To a degree the DNC is correct; she is tired of the relentless heat generated from the constant attacks and lies about her family. However, they are egregiously wrong if they do not think she cannot handle the heat of dealing with the politics of governing Alaska. She has already disproved this hypothesis and her record speaks volumes to refute this claim. The DNC also calls her behavior bizarre. This too is absurd since it was the constant attacks from the left that has essentially bankrupted her family and left her unable to support them. I truly believe that Palin is doing what is best for family. I realize this is hard for many media and political pundits to understand. Consider, while Palin has an impeccable political record and she has been forced to resign by bogus lawsuits and frivolous ethics complaints, meanwhile Ensign and Sanford continue to serve after shamelessly committing adultery. While Ensign and Sanford continue to show off their super ego and arrogance by remaining in office, the morally superior Palin resigns. This only illustrates that Palin is a great leader and is doing the right thing by placing her family first while other politicians place themselves first.

After resigning from office, I think Palin has no future in politics. If she were to run for Senator or President the left will never let her live down abandoning her governorship. Some believe that this break from politics will let Palin relax and study national economic and global policies to prepare for a run at the White House. If this is true, this would be a disaster for the GOP, especially if she wins the nomination. The left has already shown they can ruin this good lady and her family, thus it begs to reason it should be easy for the left to take her down for a second time. No, Palin is once again correct because she is placing her family first. Her family will no longer be the brunt of inexplicable late night jokes and the constant focus of the brutal attacks from the left. Palin is simply showing she is class act by prioritizing her family over her ambitions of being a politician. No one will admit this, but Palin is right to do what is best for her family.

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Obama’s Energy Plan: Emulate California

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:45:46 +0000

President Obama’s new cap and trade energy policy is as he says is trying to emulate the California energy policy over the past 3 decades. Obama claims that Californians use 40% less energy than other Americans on average (per capita) and they have generated 1.5 million new jobs. All of this may be true, but I would like to see Republicans refute some of these claims. After all, I think it is a huge mistake for any President to try to emulate a state that is in political shambles and economic turmoil. Here are a few suggestions that Republicans can investigate to challenge the President and his current policy to emulate California’s energy policy:

1. Californians should use a lower energy footprint than other Americans. Think about it, the climate in California is temperate, especially in the coastal regions were over 75 percent of the people reside. Every time I visited my brothers in the Bay Area whether it was in the summer or winter we never had to use heat or air conditioning. I really think that most Californians have very few heating and cooling hours per year when compared to other Americans living in different regions of the country.

2. California’s economy during this current recession is one of the worst in the country. They are in serious trouble with high unemployment and have nearly a 25 billion dollar deficit. California also has by far the highest standard of living than any other state in the United States. So it begs to reason why Obama wants to emulate California’s energy policies. After all, isn’t it plausible that California’s economic wows are directly related to their energy policies? This is not that far fetched of a hypothesis. Consider that many side effects of the California and the new Obama energy policies are: higher energy costs for all individuals and companies. I would be willing to bet California’s energy policies is a big reason contributing to the state’s economic demise. These energy policies are costly for all individuals and businesses, thus the policies can be in fact doing more to inhibit growth than promote growth. The policies can also be partly to blame for the outrageous cost of living in California.

I would like to see Republicans challenge Obama’s stance that our nation has to emulate California’s failing economy and their energy policies and mandates. As usual, Obama only talked about the pros of implementing this energy policy. He conveniently omitted the cons such as the exorbitant energy costs for all American citizens and corporations. This will obviously have an adverse affect on the economy, especially during our current recession. Hence, energy mandate policies are the wrong policies to implement in either good or poor economic conditions.

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Madoff: 150 Years; The Government: 0 Years

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:43:38 +0000

I certainly do not have any problem with Madoff getting a 150 year sentence for pleading guilty to 11 counts of fraud. He probably deserves a worse sentence for ruining many lives. However, I find it ironic that the Madoff investment Ponzi scheme was found to be illegal, however many corporations and our government also use Ponzi schemes. Amway Corporation is run like a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is similar to a triangle business model where each person in the company is required to sign up so many people to cover their expenses. This is the basic philosophy behind the Madoff and our federal governments running of our retirement accounts. Our government runs social and retirement programs such as: entitlement, social security, and Medicare as a Ponzi scheme. I would like to see someone challenge the government and the way they handle these programs. Basically, the elder people collecting social security and Medicare benefits are being paid for by younger generations. Thus, by the time younger generations reach retirement, they too are collecting money from younger generations. In essence, the money I am paying into to social security and Medicare is already being spent to support current retirees. This to me makes absolutely no sense. The money I save for Medicare and social security should be used by me and only me when I retire. This is the only way to ensure the money is there when I retire. With the current recession the money for Medicare and social security will dry up in the next decade if nothing is done. The current recession is same reason as to why the money dried up in the Madoff Ponzi scheme and he was caught. The government will solve the problem simply by raising Medicare and social security taxes on individuals and corporations. This is a travesty and should be illegal. If the government only ran these programs properly from the onset, there would be no need to raise any taxes on individuals and corporations to support these programs. This is why our government cannot be trusted to run any corporations or programs. They are financially illiterate and have basically destroyed everything they have tried to run. They have not only destroyed the way our retirement accounts are being financed, they have destroyed businesses such as the Post Office, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac all of which are losing money at alarming rates. In essence, the government lacks strategic financial vision and finds solutions to problems that work today while neglecting future implications of their plan. If it is illegal for Madoff to run a financial Ponzi scheme, then logic would seem to dictate that it should be illegal for the federal government to run our retirement accounts in a Ponzi scheme. I think it is insane that the American taxpayers are continuously penalized because of our federal government’s continual colossal errors in basic financial judgment.

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Republican Can be Own Worst Enemy

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:57:59 +0000

With Obama pushing through a very aggressive agenda, it is just a matter of time before the American Public figures out his spending is not sustainable and realistic. Thus, Republicans only need to sit back and stay out of trouble and let the Democrats and Obama ruin their reputations by pushing their socialistic agenda. The Republicans have no one to blame but themselves now that the Democrats hold substantial edges in the legislative and executive branches. After all, the Republicans blew their chances when they held political majorities in Washington by overspending. Republicans also had their fair share of scandals that made them look bad in the public eye such as Senator Craig, and Congressman Foley.

What is particularly disturbing is that the Republicans continue to do stupid things which continue to breathe life into the liberal cause. It certainly lets the media place their focus on Republicans and not Obama and his excessive spending. In the past two weeks, both Nevada Senator, John Ensign, and South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford have admitted to having affairs. Yes, it is not illegal to have an affair, but Republicans are the party that pushes for ethical and moral values. Sure, there is a double standard where Republicans get less favorable press than Democrats who commit similar offenses. Recently, Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards and former President Bill Clinton had affairs and the press basically gave them a pass. It is my view that politicians that commit these offenses should resign, especially Republicans. It amazes me how politicians continue to serve the public and do not resign after committing ethical violations. Any normal person would have been embarrassed or disgraced by their actions and resigned. This does not seem to be the case with Washington politicians. Republicans preach the sanctity of marriage, but turn around and disgrace that position with hypocritical actions. The Republican Party should not tolerate anyone that disgraces their position, especially a politician that is being hypocritical like Sanford and Ensign. Mark Sanford’s actions are particularly disturbing because he had been getting plenty of press recently because he has opposed receiving stimulus money from the federal government. Now, the liberal left is painting both of these men as hypocritical “dirt bags” and unfortunately they are right. Republicans should not tolerate this behavior in their party. I always viewed the Republican Party as the best party in terms of ethical behavior. Now, I am not sure because it seems a Republican is connected to some sort of scandal every 6 months or so.

If Republicans want to be the majority party in Washington, they need to move back to their solid moral and ethical values. Thus, they must hold their politicians to these high standards with zero tolerance. I do not care if Democrats tolerate questionable behavior from their candidates. I am okay with that, because that will catch up with them and force the American public to side with conservatives.

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War Crimes

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:18:55 +0000

I am tired of hearing all this talk about Bush-era war crimes and injustices. I just got another article from my leftist brother about a man that was held for 7.5 years in Gitmo before being released. Apparently the man was innocent. I believe it, war is horrible thing any many injustices occur. The Iraq war has shed light on many difficult injustices to comprehend such as the torture of 3 detainees, soldiers killed by friendly fire such as NFL star Pat Tillman, the killing of innocent civilians such as those by Blackwater workers, and of course the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. War is horrible and many injustices do indeed occur and happen. I do not contest that many injustices have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as at Gitmo. However, we must be reasonably as a people before we are ready to judge Bush-era employees for their roles in so called “war crimes”. Consider the following points before passing judgment on these so called “war criminals”:

1. I do not think anyone should judge a soldier in the field without having been there and done that. Injustices in any war should be determined along with any consequences by the military peers and superiors of those that have committed any infractions.

2. Even in this day and age of communication, the Bush-era so called “war crimes” are fairly tame when compared to the atrocities committed by other administrations. Consider FDR imprisoning over 100 thousand Japanese-Americans into war camps. Truman dropped the A-Bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima killing thousands of innocent Japanese civilians. Also, under Truman’s watch tens of thousands of German civilians were brutally pillaged after the war was over. So why has history judged both FDR and Truman in a good light if so many atrocities occurred on their watch? The reason is simple, their actions may have been perceived as severe, but in the end it was determined they were necessary to protect our freedom and save American lives. This should sound familiar because this is exactly what Bush-era folks accomplished when they tortured a few detainees.

3. The Geneva Convention places rules and regulations on how to treat enemy prisoners. However, the Geneva Convention was written many years ago and how we fight wars has changed drastically. Thus, the Geneva Convention covers uniformed prisoners; it does not cover prisoners who fight Americans by blending in with the public.

4. Today, Obama is giving military detainees all the same rights and privileges that any American citizen would receive including Miranda Rights. This sounds like the right thing to do, but look back on history, when have “war criminals” been given these rights. After WWII did we give the war criminals that masterminded the Holocaust Miranda Rights and a trial on U.S. soil with the best lawyers? Absolutely not, they were tried in a military tribunal and most received the death penalty for their crimes. So it begs to reason, why are suspected terrorists that slaughtered Americans in Embassy bombings or in the Trade Center buildings being given the same rights as you and me? What Bush did was no different than any previous President. Could you imagine the outrage around the globe if we gave Holocaust war criminals the same rights as you and me? I find it peculiar the world views Bush as a war criminal when they did the same exact thing to protect their civilians after WWII. Now, after Americans are slaughtered on 9/11, the world and liberals are viewing us as performing injustices to protect our citizens. Also, remember, American soldiers that commit a crime are not tried in public courts and they are not given the same rights as you and me. They are tried by a military counsel. Thus, enemy combatants and terrorist now have more rights than American servicemen.

5. Now, relive the events on 9-11. Remember that day? I always remember the image of individuals trapped in the flames deciding whether to burn or jump to their deaths. When I hear about injustices that happen in Iran and Afghanistan and all this talk about war crimes, I remember this image of Americans plunging 1000 vertical feet to their deaths. Now, how can anyone feel bad that three individuals with ties to Al-Qaida and the atrocities of 9/11 were tortured? I hardly think justice has been served since these men still live.

6. Obama closed Gitmo because the world viewed this as a symbol of U.S. injustices. In actuality, Gitmo, is nicer than most U.S. prisons and only 3 detainees were tortured. Now we are paying countries to take our detainees because their native countries will not take them. This is the injustice, not Gitmo. Remember, one in seven detainees released by Gitmo have gone back to fight Americans.

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Obama Weekly Lowlights

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:15:18 +0000

North Korea will weaponize its plutonium – This is not a surprise to anyone since they have been doing the same with uranium however, North Korea is becoming more belligerent by actually stating its intentions. I doubt any new UN sanctions will change anything. Obama is being challenged, and I doubt his “talk” foreign policy will work as North Korea threatens the world with a nuclear war.

Obama fires inspector general Gerald Walpin for no reason. In fact, Obama sponsored a bill that claims an inspector general can only be fired after given a reason and 30 days notice. Both of which have been violated in this case. The job of an inspector general is to investigate fraud and wrongdoing within any federal department. Obviously, Walpin was poking around in something that did not make Obama very happy.

Riots in Iran – Following the recent national election, rivals of Ahmadinejad are taking to the streets protesting the results as fraudulent. This is good news for Obama and U.S. citizens. This will certainly refute the power of Ahmadinejad and he will have to shift his focus from uranium to internal battles to restore the peace. A coup d’état would be the best result for all. However, the Obama administration is not only condemning the election results, they are condemning the violence after the election. Nobody really wants violence, but it may be our best hope of stopping their arrogance and pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Obama is blocking the public access to see the visitor log into the White House. The Bush Administration gave the public full access to these records. I suppose we need to wait on the new era of transparency.

Obama is passing a new regulatory bill giving the Federal Reserve more power over the financial institutions. Obama entirely blames Wall Street for the financial meltdown. After all, it could not have been any fault of the government such as the failings of government run Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Obama’s main focus of the week was trying to push his health care agenda. I will need a separate blog to outline all the issues with his plan including a lack of money and how socialized medicine will lead to corruption, shoddy care, and officially bankrupt the U.S. The cost to reform health care is now estimated at 1.6 trillion dollars.

CIA head Leon Panetta attacks Dick Cheney claiming he wants America to be attacked again to prove his point. The only reason Cheney is out defending what the Bush administration did is because the Obama administration has every chance they have gotten to attack, blame, and bash the previous administration. Sure it is okay to blame Bush, but once again it is the double standard in this country that conservatives are not allowed to defend themselves.

Miranda Rights to Terrorists – Could you imagine the outrage of people around the world had the U.S. provided Miranda Rights to German war criminals after WWII that savagely murdered not only Jews, but millions of innocent civilians around the globe. Boy, have the times changed. Really, the only thing that has changed is that during WWII we rescued Europe from Hitler, today, the rest of the world does not care if terrorist attack and kill U.S. citizens. That is obvious based on their lack of support in Iraq and Afghanistan. And if that is not a big enough slap in the face, the rest of world now expects us to treat terrorists that brutalized U.S. citizens with dignity, respect, and “fair” treatment. Instead, the bad guys are Bush-era leaders. They are the ones being called the war criminals for not providing Miranda Rights to terrorists that killed U.S. innocent civilians. Meanwhile, the terrorist are expected to receive preferential treatment. If Obama were President during WWII, I am sure we all would be speaking German or Japanese today.

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